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松下 健太郎; 江連 俊樹; 田中 正暁; 今井 康友*; 藤崎 竜也*; 堺 公明*
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 432, p.113785_1 - 113785_16, 2025/02
ナトリウム冷却高速炉の安全設計の観点から、液面渦によるアルゴンカバーガスのガス巻込み現象(GE)を評価する手法の確立が必要となる。本研究では、GEを評価するインハウスツールである「StreamViewer」の評価モデルの高度化として、吸込み部から液面部にかけて連続する渦中心点を接続することで渦中心線を抽出し、渦中心線に沿った減圧量分布と水頭圧とのつり合いに基づいて渦のガスコア長さを評価する「PVLモデル」について提案した。PVLモデルの適用性確認として、矩形開水路体系における垂直平板による非定常後流渦試験の三次元数値解析結果に本モデルを適用し、その結果、PVLモデルを用いたStreamViewerによるGE評価によって、非定常渦流れの試験における入口流速とガスコア長さの関係を再現できることが確認された。
土井 大輔
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 91, p.1245 - 1252, 2024/11
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Chemistry, Physical)Hydrogen is a major nonmetallic impurity in the coolant of sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs) during normal operation. A higher hydrogen concentration than the gas-liquid equilibrium has been transiently detected in the gas space of actual SFR plants. The presence of several sodium compounds can increase hydrogen generation; however, a thorough understanding of the thermal behavior of candidate reactions is lacking. Herein, thermal analysis reveals the hydrogen release behavior of sodium hydride. Mass spectrometry indicates hydrogen generation with decreasing sample mass, indicating thermal decomposition. Detailed kinetic analysis based on master plot methods indicates that the hydrogen release reaction occurred through a mechanism involving random nucleation and growth of nuclei. Furthermore, the reaction rate was newly formulated based on a kinetic model function representing the above mechanism and the Arrhenius-type reaction rate constant comprising an activation energy of 119.0 
0.8 kJ mol
and a frequency factor of 1.8 
10
s. These findings will enable the numerical simulation of the hydrogen release behavior in SFRs.
小野田 雄一; 石田 真也; 深野 義隆; 神山 健司; 山野 秀将; 久保 重信; 柴田 明裕*; Bertrand, F.*; Seiler, N.*
Proceedings of International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Cycle (GLOBAL2024) (Internet), 4 Pages, 2024/10
PIRTs have been developed and are reported for the 3 sequence event families of SFR severe accidents. For ULOF, there are 13 phenomena ranked with high importance and large uncertainty. Two PIRTs for primary phase of UTOP have been developed based on those of ULOF. Two phenomena with high importance and large uncertainty both in FRN and JPN ranking are highlighted. For USAF PIRT, they are eight phenomena ranked important and uncertain by both sides related to heat transfer coefficient, chunk relocation in the molten pool of the initiating SA and to thermomechanical loading on the hexcan of the initiating SA. These phenomena are recognized to deserve priority study. The event progression regarding FP transport focusing on phenomena of ULOF is investigated. Seven phenomenological phases were identified along with the accident sequences and of their events progression. The summary of the elementary phenomena on this PIRT, and the vote for the table are foreseen in the future study.
山野 秀将; 二神 敏; 柴田 明裕*
Proceedings of Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS 2024), p.151 - 160, 2024/08
本研究では、動的安全保護系に関して、第4世代国際フォーラムで開発された安全設計クライテリアとガイドラインを我が国で最近に設計されたナトリウム冷却高速炉へ適用した。
山野 秀将; 二神 敏; 日暮 浩一*
Proceedings of Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS 2024), p.121 - 130, 2024/08
本論文は、信頼性を向上させた崩壊熱除去系について、第4世代炉国際フォーラムで開発された安全設計クライテリアと安全設計ガイドラインを我が国で最近設計されたナトリウム冷却高速炉へ適用したことを記述する。
Pu
O
powder using master sintering curve theory中道 晋哉; 砂押 剛雄*; 廣岡 瞬; Vauchy, R.; 村上 龍敏
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 595, p.155072_1 - 155072_11, 2024/07
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：77.18(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)Using dry recycled powders for uranium and plutonium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel production can reduce unnecessary storage and accountability of nuclear material in facilities. The shrinkage behavior of green compacts of dry recycled powders differs from that of conventional raw powders because the dry recycled MOX powder is obtained from the fabrication scrap of sintered pellets. The shrinkage behavior of dry recycled MOX powder has been investigated by dilatometry. Based on the shrinkage curves, sintering apparent activation energies were evaluated using the master sintering curve (MSC) and the constant rate of heating methods. The obtained values were higher than the energy evaluated for raw powder experiments. The sigmoid sintering prediction equation using the MSC function was constructed. The accumulation of data on the activation energy for various sintering conditions will lead to the wide application of this prediction formula in the future.
Li, C.-Y.; 渡部 晃*; 内堀 昭寛; 岡野 靖
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(7), p.935 - 957, 2024/07
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：59.55(Nuclear Science & Technology)For all the nuclear reactor systems, quantitative assessment of the accident management (AM) effects against long-term external hazards became one of the essential issues after the lesson learned from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. However, the influence from the safety systems' stochastic and dynamic shifting between multiple working states, which is related to the interaction with the adjacent components/systems in general, has not been accounted for yet. Therefore, this research aims to develop a dynamic probability risk assessment tool considering repairable multi-component interdependency for investigating the AM influences on the multi-state safety systems under long-term external hazards. Based on the newly proposed methodology in this research via integrating the Petri Net (PN) model with the continuous Markov chain Monte Carlo (CMMC) method, a framework applying PN-CMMC methodology to a severe accident analysis code, SPECTRA, had been originally constructed. Different AM influences on the multi-state decay heat removal systems against long-term volcanic ashfall were also quantitatively confirmed, indicating that halving the repairing time is more influential in suppressing the core damage frequency than doubling the number of adjacent electricity support systems. Therefore, the PN-CMMC-SPECTRA framework can further assess the uncharted dynamic multi-state concerns, leading to a safer AM strategy.
江村 優軌; 高井 俊秀; 菊地 晋; 神山 健司; 山野 秀将; 横山 博紀*; 坂本 寛*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(7), p.911 - 920, 2024/07
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)Boron carbide (B
C)- stainless steel (SS) eutectic reaction behavior is one of the most important issues in the core disruptive accidents (CDAs) of sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs). In this study, the immersion experiments using BC pellets with molten SS were conducted to evaluate the CDA sequences such as contact event of solid BC with degraded core materials including SS at very high temperature. The immersion experiment aims at understanding the kinetic behavior of solid BC-liquid SS reaction based on the reduced thickness of BC pellet after the experiment in the temperature ranges from 1763 to 1943 K, which is higher than the temperature of solid BC-solid SS reaction. Based on the kinetic consideration of the reaction rate constants for solid BC-liquid SS reaction, it was found that similar temperature dependency was identified between solid BC-liquid SS and solid BC-solid SS. Besides, the reaction rate constants of solid BC-liquid SS were smaller than those of solid BC-solid SS extrapolated in higher temperature region by two or more orders of magnitude due to two different evaluation method for BC side/SS side. It was confirmed that this difference was reasonable through the consideration of previous reaction tests in solid-solid contact for BC side/SS side.
石田 真也; 内堀 昭寛; 岡野 靖
第28回動力・エネルギー技術シンポジウム講演論文集(インターネット), 4 Pages, 2024/06
本研究では、炉心損傷事故の起因過程から遷移過程までの一貫解析も可能な炉心損傷挙動評価モジュールの開発を行い、ナトリウム冷却高速炉のシビアアクシデント時の原子炉全体の挙動を一貫して評価する解析コードSPECTRAに導入した。本モジュールを含むSPECTRAの統合的な妥当性確認の一環として、混合酸化物(MOX)燃料炉心における炉心流量喪失時原子炉停止機能喪失事象(ULOF)を対象とした解析を実施し、冷却材の沸騰から燃料ピンの破損、損傷領域の拡大に至るまでの高速炉の炉心損傷事故を評価するための機能がSPECTRAに備わっていることを確認した。
西山 成哲; 中嶋 徹; 後藤 翠*; 箱岩 寛晶; 長田 充弘; 島田 耕史; 丹羽 正和
Earth and Space Science (Internet), 11(6), p.e2023EA003360_1 - e2023EA003360_15, 2024/06
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Astronomy & Astrophysics)活断層が確認されていない様々なテクトニックセッティングの地域において、マグニチュード6
7クラスの地震が発生することがある。地震被害の低減のためには、そのような地震を発生させる伏在断層を把握することが重要であるが、それを把握するための手がかりとなる証拠は少ない。1984年に発生した長野県西部地震は、Mj 6.8、震源の深さが2kmと浅部で発生した規模の大きい地震である。本地域は固結した基盤が露出する地域であるにも関わらず、地表地震断層や地震後の地形変状は確認されておらず、震源断層は地下に伏在していることが知られている。本研究では、1984年長野県西部地震の震源地域において、地表踏査により割れ目に認められる条線のデータを集め、その条線形成に影響を与えた応力を、収集したデータを用いた多重逆解法で推定した。その結果、既知の伏在断層周辺の小断層において、本地域にはたらく現在の広域応力と同様の応力が検出された。この小断層の中には、第四紀の火山岩中に認められたものもあり、小断層がごく最近に活動したことを裏付ける。このことは、これらの小断層が伏在断層周辺に発達するダメージゾーンの一部である可能性を示しており、伏在断層を把握するための手がかりとなることが期待される。
宮澤 健; 丹野 敬嗣; 今川 裕也; 橋立 竜太; 矢野 康英; 皆藤 威二; 大塚 智史; 光原 昌寿*; 外山 健*; 大沼 正人*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 593, p.155008_1 - 155008_16, 2024/05
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)This paper discusses the applicability of J.L. Straalsund et al.'s technique for combining the Larson-Miller parameter (LMP) and life-fraction rule to form a single high-temperature strength equation for 9Cr- oxide-dispersion-strengthened (ODS) tempered martensitic steels (TMS). It uses the extensive dataset on creep rupture, tensile, and temperature-transient-to-burst tests of 9Cr-ODS TMS cladding tubes in the 
-phase, /
-duplex, -phase matrices, which are accumulated by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency so far. The technique is adequately applicable to 9Cr-ODS TMS cladding tubes. A single high-temperature strength equation expressing the mechanical strength in different deformation and rupture modes (creep, tensile, temperature-transient-to-burst) is derived for 9Cr-ODS TMS cladding tubes. This equation can predict the rupture life of the cladding tubes under various stresses and temperatures over time. The applicable range of the high-temperature strength equation is specified in this study and the upper limit temperature for the equation is found to be 1200
C. At temperatures higher than 1200C, the coarsening and aggregation of nanosized oxide particles and the to 
phase transformation are reported in previous studies. The high-temperature strength equation can be well applied to the creep and tensile strength in the -phase matrix, the creep strength in the -phase matrix and the temperature-transient-to-burst strength in both phases except for the low equivalent stress (43 MPa) at temperatures exceeding 1050C. The mechanism of the notable consistency between creep and tensile strength in the -phase matrix is discussed by analyzing the high-temperature deformation data in the light of existing deformation models.
石田 真也; 深野 義隆; 飛田 吉春; 岡野 靖
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(5), p.582 - 594, 2024/05
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：35.82(Nuclear Science & Technology)To improve the safety of future SFRs, the development of SFRs with low void reactivity has been promoted. Small SFRs can have a negative void coefficient of reactivity, so the analysis of the CDA event sequence in small SFRs is valuable for the investigation of the reactor characteristics for the future research and development of SFRs. In this study, the typical initiating events of a CDA in small SFRs were evaluated with the computational code, SAS4A. The event progression of ULOF and UTOP in the low void reactivity reactor is found to be slow due to the effective operation of the negative reactivity feedback and the absence of significant positive reactivity insertion. No power excursion occurs in the initiating phase. In ULOF, the cladding melt and relocation behavior becomes more important for the evaluation of the event progression due to its positive reactivity.
吉川 龍志; 今井 康友*; 菊地 紀宏; 田中 正暁; 大島 宏之
Nuclear Technology, 210(5), p.814 - 835, 2024/05
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)ナトリウム冷却高速炉安全性強化研究では、燃料ピンの構造健全性を評価するために各種運転条件下におけるワイヤスペーサ型燃料集合体内熱流動特性の解明が重要である。そこで有限要素法による集合体詳細熱流動解析コードSPIRALが開発されている。本研究では、SPIRALにおける壁近傍低Re数効果を考慮したハイブリッド型乱流モデルの妥当性を確認するために、層流-乱流遷移条件及び乱流条件を含む異なるRe数条件下の37本ピンバンドルナトリウム実験の再現解析を実施した。SPIRALによる予測された温度分布はナトリウム実験で測定され温度と一致した。以上によって、SPIRALにおけるハイブリッド型乱流モデルの広範囲Re数条件下ナトリウム冷却集合体熱流動評価への適用性を確認した。
石田 真也; 田上 浩孝; 岡野 靖; 山野 秀将; 久保 重信; 飛田 吉春
Proceedings of 11th European Review Meeting on Severe Accident Research Conference (ERMSAR 2024) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2024/05
The new detailed fuel pin model has been developed in the SIMMER-V code to simulate thermal and mechanical behavior of the fuel pin from accident initiation to fuel pin failure. The SIMMER code has mainly been developed to simulate the event progression in Transition Phase (TP), and the Initiating Phase (IP) was simulated by the SAS4A code and the results of the SAS4A code were taken over as the initial conditions of the SIMMER code. The transfer of data between codes causes discontinuities due to differences in geometric models and analysis models. There is an additional issue that SIMMER has no analytical model applicable to reactor cores with complex geometry. To solve these issues, the improved SIMMER code, SIMMER-V, is being developed by introducing a detailed and flexible model to simulate fuel pin failure in the IP. This paper describes the development of the new detailed fuel pin model, the construction of the verification matrix, and the results of the verification.
栗坂 健一
Mechanical Engineering Journal (Internet), 11(2), p.23-00377_1 - 23-00377_14, 2024/04
本研究は、既存のナトリウム冷却高速炉SFRにおける観測データに基づき蒸気発生器SG伝熱管漏えいの発生率の時間変化を把握することを目的とする。対象とするSFRは仏国のPhenix及び露国のBN-600である。公開文献を基に、管-管板溶接数、管-管溶接数、母材の伝熱面積、SG運転時間、SG伝熱管漏えい発生日、漏えい位置、漏えいモジュールの交換などの漏えい後の是正措置を調べた。これらのデータを踏まえ、漏えい発生までの運転時間を推定し、上記部位毎に伝熱管漏えい発生率の時間変化をハザードプロット法により定量化した。結果、Phenix及びBN-600両者の管漏えい発生率は減少傾向を示した。Phenixの傾向は溶接及び運転条件の改善によるものと考えられる。BN-600については運転初期に破損に拡大した初期欠陥が原因と考えられ、漏えい後特別な対策が講じられていないことから単純に発生率が時間とともに減少したと考えられる。またPhenixの管-管溶接部の漏えい発生率は繰り返し熱応力によって短期に増大する傾向が示された。
小林 重人*; 樽田 泰宜; Zhao, Q.*; 橋本 敬*
横幹, 18(1), p.26 - 36, 2024/04
The decommissioning of nuclear power plants and staff turnover may lead to a depletion of accumulated knowledge. Despite the implementation of nuclear knowledge management, current efforts primarily focus on preserving knowledge without adequate consideration of knowledge creation and inheritance. This study examines the correlation between generativity, job competence, and social support among nuclear power plant staff in the decommissioning process. Generativity refers to the capacity to create something new, promote it, and pass it on to future generations. The research hypothesis posits that staff with plant operating experience will exhibit lower generativity scores than those without such experience. However, the results indicate no substantial variation in generativity scores, but there is a significantly higher social support score among staff with operating experience. The study highlights the significance of knowledge management, incorporating the concept of generativity, in facilitating knowledge acquisition activities across the organization.
山本 智彦; 加藤 篤志; 早川 雅人; 下山 一仁; 荒 邦章; 畠山 望*; 山内 和*; 江田 優平*; 由井 正弘*
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 56(3), p.893 - 899, 2024/03
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)In a secondary cooling system of a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR), rapid detection of hydrogen due to sodium-water reaction (SWR) caused by water leakage from a heat exchanger tube of a steam generator (SG) is important in terms of safety and property protection of the SFR. For hydrogen detection, the hydrogen detectors using atomic transmission phenomenon of hydrogen within Ni-membrane were used in Japanese proto-type SFR "Monju." However, during the plant operation, detection signals of water leakage were observed even in the situation without SWR concerning temperature up and down in the cooling system. For this reason, the study of a new hydrogen detector has been carried out to improve stability, accuracy and reliability. In this research, the authors focus on the difference in composition of hydrogen and the difference between the background hydrogen under normal plant operation and the one generated by SWR and theoretically estimate the hydrogen behavior in liquid sodium by using ultra-accelerated quantum chemical molecular dynamics (UA-QCMD). Based on the estimation, dissolved H or NaH, rather than molecular hydrogen (H), is the predominant form of the background hydrogen in liquid sodium in terms of energetical stability. On the other hand, it was found that hydrogen molecules produced by the sodium-water reaction can exist stably as a form of a fine bubble concerning some confinement mechanism such as a NaH layer on their surface. In parallel, we observed experimentally that the fine bubbles of H stably existed in the liquid sodium than expected before. This paper describes the comparison between the theoretical estimation and experimental results based on hydrogen form in sodium in the development of the new hydrogen detector in Japan.
河口 宗道; 平川 康; 杉田 裕亮; 山口 裕
Nuclear Technology, 210(1), p.55 - 71, 2024/01
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)本研究はもんじゅ模擬燃料集合体における残留ナトリウム膜及び塊の評価手法を開発し、実験的にピンの間のギャップを通ってナトリウムが流れる様子を確認した。ピン表面の残留ナトリウムの量は3種類の試験体((a)単ピン,(b)7本ピン集合体,(c)169本ピン集合体)を使って測定した。実験では、ピンの引き抜き速度やナトリウム濡れ性の改善により、残留ナトリウム量が劇的に増加することを明らかにした。さらに、169本ピンの実験により、短尺であるが模擬燃料集合体の実効的な残留ナトリウム量を測定し、模擬燃料集合体を通って流れるナトリウムの振舞いを確認した。開発した予測手法は、4つのモデル(粘性流れモデル、Landau-Levich-Derjaguin(LLD)モデル、Brethertonモデルに関わる実験式、管内の毛細管力モデル)から構築されており、その計算結果は実験の残留ナトリウム量と同程度な結果を与えた。ただし、ナトリウム濡れ性の不確かさはLLDモデルの予測値の約1.8倍である。この予測手法を使って、もんじゅの模擬燃料集合体に残留するナトリウム量を評価することができる。
福田 航大; 小原 徹*; 須山 賢也
Nuclear Technology, 11 Pages, 2024/00
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)An application of the boiling water reactor (BWR) to an offshore floating nuclear power plant (OFNP) is discussed in Japan. The BWR-type OFNP has some challenges for practical use, although it has high economic efficiency because of downsizing and simplification. One challenge is understanding reactor kinetics under conditions specific to the marine environment. This study quantitatively clarifies the total and spatial changes in power when the BWR is inclined during regular operation. Therefore, the TRAC/RELAP Advanced Computational Engine (TRACE) and Purdue Advanced Reactor Core Simulator (PARCS) codes were used to perform a three-dimensional neutronics-thermal-hydraulics-coupled transient analysis. The calculation model is based on Peach Bottom II. This study clarifies the changing trend in total and local BWR power by inclination with simplified modeling and conditions. Reasons for such changes are discussed based on changes in several thermal-hydraulic parameters. The difference in BWR power against the inclinations is small. Thus, it was implied that the BWR-type OFNP is expected to have a stable power supply capability during natural disasters. Finally, requires further studies to support the obtained conclusions are discussed.
上出 英樹; 川崎 信史; 早船 浩樹; 久保 重信; 近澤 佳隆; 前田 誠一郎; 佐賀山 豊; 西原 哲夫; 角田 淳弥; 柴田 大受; et al.
次世代原子炉が拓く新しい市場; NSAコメンタリーシリーズ, No.28, p.14 - 36, 2023/10
高速炉、高温ガス炉を始めとする次世代原子炉の開発が進み、日本を含む世界の電力あるいは熱利用など産業利用の市場への貢献が目前となっている。ここでは、世界の動向を含め日本の開発状況についてまとめ、特に第4世代原子力システム国際フォーラム(GIF)の活動ならびに日本の高速炉、高温ガス炉、世界のSMRについて開発の現状を解説した。
